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Spinal Cord

Springer Nature · United Kingdom · Est. 1912

ISSN1476-5624

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

233

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 224d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.719

H-Indexi

162

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.373

Total Worksi

7,417

Total Citationsi

214,830

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Spinal Cord is a specialised, international journal that has been publishing spinal cord related manuscripts since 1963. It appears monthly, online and in print, and accepts contributions on spinal cord anatomy, physiology, management of injury and disease, and the quality of life and life circumstances of people with a spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord is multi-disciplinary and publishes contributions across the entire spectrum of research ranging from basic science to applied clinical research. It focuses on high quality original research, systematic reviews and narrative reviews.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1912

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,417

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1476-5624

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

CLOCKSS, Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

173

3.4k

2019

188

2.9k

2020

137

1.8k

2021

142

1.7k

2022

467

2023

101

349

2024

108

114

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

RehabilitationQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

NeurologyQ2

Neurology (clinical)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Clinical NeurologyRehabilitation

Scopus Categories

RehabilitationNeurology (clinical)Medicine (miscellaneous)Neurology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Spinal Cord Injury ResearchCerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersCervical and Thoracic MyelopathyTraumatic Brain Injury ResearchNerve Injury and RehabilitationStroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryUrinary Bladder and Prostate ResearchSpinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesSpinal Dysraphism and MalformationsSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology

Frequently asked questions about Spinal Cord

Is Spinal Cord a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Spinal Cord: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Spinal Cord?

Spinal Cord is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.49.

Is Spinal Cord indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Spinal Cord is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.